A Biomarker Approach to Understanding HFpEF

Affiliations

¹ Sections on Cardiovascular Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Electronic address: dkitzman@wakehealth.edu.
² Sections on Cardiovascular Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
³ Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.

Editorial

Dalane W Kitzman et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020.

. 2020 Mar 24;75(11):1296-1298.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.01.020.

¹ Sections on Cardiovascular Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Electronic address: dkitzman@wakehealth.edu.
² Sections on Cardiovascular Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
³ Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.

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Keywords: HFpEF; aging; biomarkers; comorbidities; fibrosis; inflammation; kidney; liver; obesity.

Comment on

Multiple Plasma Biomarkers for Risk Stratification in Patients With Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction.
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